"The mad mob does not ask how it could be better, only that it be different. And when it then becomes worse, it must change again. Thus they get bees for flies, and at last hornets for bees."

"I frankly confess that even if it were possible I should not wish to have free choice given to me, or to have anything left in my own hands by which I might strive for salvation."

"The devil is God’s devil."

"Whoever sticks his nose in every corner will get it stuck."

"A happy fart never comes from a miserable ass."